# 1927 Washington Senators season

The 1927 Washington Senators won 85 games, lost 69, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Offseason

* January 15, 1927: Roger Peckinpaugh was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Sloppy Thurston and Leo Mangum.
* January 31, 1927: Tris Speaker was signed as a free agent by the Senators.

## Regular season

* September 30, 1927: Senators' pitcher Tom Zachary gave up Babe Ruth's 60th home run of the season, breaking Ruth's own record for homers in one season of 59 set in 1921.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 110 | 44 | .714 | — | 57‍–‍19 | 53‍–‍25 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 91 | 63 | .591 | 19 | 50‍–‍27 | 41‍–‍36 |
| Washington Senators | 85 | 69 | .552 | 25 | 51‍–‍28 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 82 | 71 | .536 | 27½ | 44‍–‍32 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Chicago White Sox | 70 | 83 | .458 | 39½ | 38‍–‍37 | 32‍–‍46 |
| Cleveland Indians | 66 | 87 | .431 | 43½ | 35‍–‍42 | 31‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | .386 | 50½ | 38‍–‍38 | 21‍–‍56 |
| Boston Red Sox | 51 | 103 | .331 | 59 | 29‍–‍49 | 22‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1927 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 11–11 | 15–7 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 4–18 |
| Chicago | 11–11 | — | 8–14 | 13–8 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 15–7 | 10–12 |
| Cleveland | 7–15 | 14–8 | — | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 10–11 | 8–14 |
| Detroit | 17–5 | 8–13 | 15–7 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | 11–11–2 |
| New York | 18–4 | 17–5 | 12–10 | 14–8 | — | 14–8–1 | 21–1 | 14–8 |
| Philadelphia | 16–6 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 8–14–1 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 |
| St. Louis | 16–6 | 7–15 | 11–10 | 8–14–1 | 1–21 | 6–16 | — | 10–12–1 |
| Washington | 18–4 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11–2 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 12–10–1 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Muddy Ruel | 131 | 428 | 132 | .308 | 1 | 52 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 137 | 522 | 161 | .308 | 2 | 71 |
| 2B | Bucky Harris | 128 | 475 | 127 | .267 | 1 | 55 |
| SS | Bobby Reeves | 112 | 380 | 97 | .255 | 1 | 39 |
| 3B | Ossie Bluege | 146 | 503 | 138 | .274 | 1 | 66 |
| OF | Tris Speaker | 141 | 523 | 171 | .327 | 2 | 73 |
| OF | Goose Goslin | 148 | 581 | 194 | .334 | 13 | 120 |
| OF | Sam Rice | 142 | 603 | 179 | .297 | 2 | 65 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Earl McNeely | 73 | 185 | 51 | .276 | 0 | 16 |
| Topper Rigney | 45 | 132 | 36 | .273 | 0 | 13 |
| Bennie Tate | 61 | 131 | 41 | .313 | 1 | 24 |
| Stuffy Stewart | 56 | 129 | 31 | .240 | 0 | 4 |
| Sam West | 38 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 0 | 6 |
| Buddy Myer | 15 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 0 | 7 |
| Babe Ganzel | 13 | 48 | 21 | .438 | 1 | 13 |
| Grant Gillis | 10 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
| Jackie Hayes | 10 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 0 | 2 |
| Ollie Tucker | 20 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 0 | 8 |
| Nick Cullop | 15 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Onslow | 9 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnny Berger | 9 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 1 |
| Red Barnes | 3 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey O'Neil | 5 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Dear | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Atkinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Hod Lisenbee | 39 | 242.0 | 18 | 9 | 3.57 | 105 |
| Sloppy Thurston | 29 | 205.1 | 13 | 13 | 4.47 | 38 |
| Bump Hadley | 30 | 198.2 | 14 | 6 | 2.85 | 60 |
| Walter Johnson | 18 | 107.2 | 5 | 6 | 5.10 | 48 |
| Tom Zachary | 15 | 102.2 | 4 | 7 | 3.94 | 13 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Firpo Marberry | 56 | 155.1 | 10 | 7 | 4.64 | 74 |
| Bobby Burke | 36 | 100.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.96 | 20 |
| General Crowder | 15 | 67.1 | 4 | 7 | 4.54 | 22 |
| George Murray | 7 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 7.00 | 5 |
| Dick Coffman | 5 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 5 |
| Stan Coveleski | 5 | 14.1 | 2 | 1 | 3.14 | 3 |
| Paul Hopkins | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | 5 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Garland Braxton | 58 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 2.95 | 96 |
| Dick Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 1 |
| Clay Van Alstyne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Ralph Judd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 2 |